Mitch Clark - would you do it?

[Sedat]

Just because St Kilda are supposedly into him, doesn't mean that we should dutifully stay away. I'd love us to talk to him and make him an offer that compells him to want to join our club as the go-to key forward. Screw Melbourne and screw supposed ethics of player loyalty. We need to improve our list and bring in some more AFL standard quality, end of story. Otherwise we will be improving at a far slower rate than the expansion clubs - irrespective of having Bont, Macrae, Libba, etc.. We simply need to be bold IMO.

[Remi Moses]

Agree Sedat, we have to get pro-active.

[LostDoggy]

If he is in play we would be stupid not to go hard at him. Every side has health and mental issues to deal with, and he doesn't seem like a bad bloke at heart. Plus he is/was a gun! If we traded our Higgins compo to Melbourne for him, it would be a win win.

[Bulldog4life]

According to the HUN St.Kilda haven't spoken to his manager. 3 Clubs have. He wants to go to a successful Club according to the report.

[1eyedog]

According to the HUN St.Kilda haven't spoken to his manager. 3 Clubs have. He wants to go to a successful Club according to the report.

Yep he will end up at one of Hawthorn, Geelong or North you'd reckon - perhaps Essendon or Collingwood. We would be well off the radar. Still, it is worth an inquiry. A heap of money and a strong culture may be good for him - he seems to like money and you never know we could do what we did in 08 and go from 13th to 3rd in the space of one season

[Doc26]

There is no point. The Aints have PS Draft pick 1 and he's theirs...... and they're welcome to him, to be perfectly honest. All the best to him, but this has typical Sht Kilda debacle written all over it....

We're best left out of it. I hope we tend more towards blue chip than speccies like this one.

Might strengthen our place in the draft for a young KPF like McCartin / Wright if he was to head to the Saints, unlikely as this outcome might be. Hopefully they pull it off.

[Greystache]

Putting aside all the baggage and never ending injuries, he has extraordinary salary demands for a player who's only managed double figure goals twice in a season in his career and never kicked 30.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Putting aside all the baggage and never ending injuries, he has extraordinary salary demands for a player who's only managed double figure goals twice in a season in his career and never kicked 30.

I would be happy to see the club give Mitch Clark a miss. Clark was very well treated by Melbourne, where he is now happy to walk away from. IMO we should be using all our resources to target Sam Reid, who appeals as a far better proposition.

[LostDoggy]

Yes in a heartbeat, we would be silly not to speak to his manager.

Agree that Sam Reid is someone we should also look at.

[jeemak]

If the detail within the post ripped from the Demons forum is correct, I don't want a bar of him and I suspect he won't a bar of us.

[Sedat]

Putting aside all the baggage and never ending injuries, he has extraordinary salary demands for a player who's only managed double figure goals twice in a season in his career and never kicked 30.

I was quite bullish on Casboult from a structure perspective, not necessarily the bags of goals perspective, and I think Mitch would suit us in a similar way. He is a natural forward who is also adept in the ruck - we have 3 natural ruckmen on the list currently, none of whom can catch a cold up forward. And if we had a spate of serious injuries to our ruck stocks, Clark has shown he is a quality ruckman when needed as well.

Salary demands of $700k a season would now be off the table for him, but again I'd be quite comfortable with offering him around the $450k a season mark. I don't want polite enquiries, I want us to rattle the cages and shake the trees - we have been so meek and mild-mannered as a club in recent seasons and we need to start being bolder and braver. We have a list composition that is exciting for prospectives like Clark - it's time we started accentuating these positives.

[Axe Man]

What worries me with Clark is that it seems to be being suggested that he wants to play at a successful club in order to preserve his mental state? If he isn't able to cope with losing games of football then I can't see how he is going to be able to cope with the pressure of AFL full stop, regardless of which club he plays for.

[The Pie Man]

Really like him as a player - big no from me. If that post lifted from a Dees forum is true, it leaves a sour taste.
If he was just uncontracted and looking for a trade, no problems, though you'd consider an injury clause somewhere.
I do hope rumours of us chasing Sam Reid are true - especially if we lose Jones (slightly off topic, but only just)

[bulldogtragic]

Really like him as a player - big no from me. If that post lifted from a Dees forum is true, it leaves a sour taste.
If he was just uncontracted and looking for a trade, no problems, though you'd consider an injury clause somewhere.
I do hope rumours of us chasing Sam Reid are true - especially if we lose Jones (slightly off topic, but only just)

if Jones said he wants Melboourne, and Clark says he wants the dogs. Who would the winner be, or would that be win/win?

[jeemak]

if Jones said he wants Melboourne, and Clark says he wants the dogs. Who would the winner be, or would that be win/win?

That would just make Jones a masochist.